AutoClassWrapper
AutoClassWrapper provides a Python interface to AutoClass C (an unsupervised Bayesian classification system developed by NASA) to perform unsupervised classification of biological datasets for exploratory analysis.
Key Features:
- AutoClass C backend: Interfaces with AutoClass C to execute its unsupervised Bayesian classification algorithms.
- Unsupervised Bayesian classification: Performs classification without labeled data using AutoClass C's Bayesian methods.
- Python integration: Exposes AutoClass C functionality to Python workflows and libraries for downstream analysis.
Scientific Applications:
- Exploratory clustering of biological data: Applies unsupervised Bayesian classification to large and diverse biological datasets to identify patterns and groups without prior labels.
- Integration into bioinformatics analyses: Incorporates AutoClass C classification results into Python-based bioinformatics workflows for further analysis.
Methodology:
Provides a Python wrapper that invokes AutoClass C to perform unsupervised Bayesian classification.
Topics
Details
- License:
- BSD-3-Clause
- Maturity:
- Mature
- Cost:
- Free of charge
- Tool Type:
- library
- Operating Systems:
- Linux, Mac
- Programming Languages:
- Python
- Added:
- 5/17/2021
- Last Updated:
- 5/17/2021
Operations
Publications
Camadro J, Poulain P. AutoClassWrapper: a Python wrapper for AutoClass C classification. Journal of Open Source Software. 2019;4(39):1390. doi:10.21105/joss.01390.
DOI: 10.21105/joss.01390
Documentation
User manual
https://autoclasswrapper.readthedocs.io/Downloads
- Software packagehttps://pypi.org/project/autoclasswrapper/